A phylogenetic reconstruction suggests that parallel character evolution is the rule rather than the exception in Old World Salvia in Africa.
Tag - Madagascar
botanyone
Diversification and hybridization in Malagasy baobabs
A potential role of hybridization in the recent diversification history of the Malagasy baobabs.
AJ Cann
A new survey suggests grim or non-existent future for iconic Baobab trees
Extinction Countdown on the Scientific American site discusses a new survey that shows one species of Baobab tree now has fewer than 100 known individuals in the wild.
Alun Salt
Reasons to be cheerful (Parts, 4…)
Backward-looking retrospectives [is there any other kind? – Ed.] are great. And that from the International Institute for Species Exploration at Arizona State University is one of the best. Annually, it publishes its...
Nigel Chaffey
Genetic structure and diversity of Coffea
In addition to the two species cultivated for coffee, Coffea arabica and C. canephora, the genus has a further 123 wild species, of which 112 are native to Africa and the Indian Ocean islands. Razafinarivo et al. assess...
Suck on this: predictions and patience in phytobiology
One of the great strengths of the scientific method is its ability to make predictions that can be tested. One of the most famous of those predictions is Charles Darwin’s oft-cited 1862 inference that a long-throated...
